Region Western Philosophy | Role Philosopher Name Maxine Greene | |
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Main interests Philosophy of EducationPolitical PhilosophySocial Justice Died May 29, 2014, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Areas of interest Philosophy of education, Political philosophy, Social justice Books Releasing the imagination, The dialectic of freedom, Teacher as stranger, Variations on a Blue Guitar, Landscapes of learning Similar People John Dewey, William James, Jean‑Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, Immanuel Kant | ||
Schools of thought Continental philosophy | ||
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Sarah Maxine Greene (née Meyer; December 23, 1917 – May 29, 2014) was an American educational philosopher, author, social activist, and teacher.
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American educational philosopher, author, social activist and teacher who valued experiential learning in its "entirety", Maxine Greene influenced thousands of educators to bring the vitality of the arts to teachers and children. For Greene, art provided a conduit to meaning-making, a way of making sense of the world.
Greene graduated from the Berkeley Institute in 1934, earned a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University in 1938, and earned her PhD. (1955) and M.A. (1949) from New York University. She taught at New York University, Montclair State College and Brooklyn College. In 1965, she joined the faculty at Teachers College, Columbia University.
In 1973 she was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto II. As Philosopher-in-Residence of Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education from 1976 to 2012, Greene conducted workshops (especially in literature as art) and lectures at LCI's summer sessions.
In 2003, she founded the Maxine Greene Foundation for Social Imagination, the Arts, and Education. The foundation supports the creation and appreciation of works that embody fresh social visions. Its goal is "to generate inquiry, imagination and the creation of art works by diverse people." Grants of up to $10,000 are awarded to educators and artists.
In 2005, she inspired the creation for the High School of Arts, Imagination and Inquiry in association with LCI and New Visions for Public Schools. The school encourages students to expand their imaginative capacities in the arts and other subject areas.
Greene was past President of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philosophy of Education Society, American Educational Studies Association (AESA), and the Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society.
She died in 2014, aged 96.
Awards and honors
She was the recipient of honorary degrees in the Humanities from Lehigh University, Hofstra University, the University of Colorado at Denver, Indiana University, Goddard College, Bank Street College, Nazareth College (Rochester, New York), McGill University, College Misericordia, and Binghamton University.
She was awarded the Medal of Honor from Teachers College and Barnard College; Educator of the Year Award from Phi Delta Kappa; the Scholarly Achievement Award from Barnard College; AERA's Lifetime Achievement Award; and received a Fulbright Program fellowship, which took her to New Zealand.
In 2004, the Teachers College Trustees created the Maxine Greene Chair for Distinguished Contributions to Education.